Violin--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800; Violin--Methods--Early works to 1800;

Francesco Geminiani is a well-known violinist from the 18th century. His 'The art of the violin' is considered a seminal text for teaching violin of the period. It is believed that 'An entire new and compleat tutor for the violin' is a reworking...

Violin--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800.; Music theory--History--18th century.

"Galeazzi's Elementi is the most comprehensive 18th-century Italian treatise, and one of the most important sources for an understanding of the Classical style in general as well as late Classical trends." In addition, his "description of sonata...

Violin--Methods--Early works to 1800.; Violin--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800.

Known principally as the father of Wolfgang Amadeus, Leopold Mozart was a distinguished musician in his own right. An excellent violinist and composer, his greatest contribution to music was his Treatise on Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing....

Jean-Baptiste Cartier was a French violinist and composer living in Paris, France in the late 18th century. A student of Corelli, "Cartier did not aim to be a soloist and seemed satisfied with his career as an orchestral musician." "His major work...

Francesco Geminiani was an 18th century Italian composer and violinist, considered one of the greatest of his time, as well as an important theorist. In this treatise, Geminiani offers a small number of precepts; for true knowledge of the...

Louis Spohr was the greatest German violionist of his generation. Due to his reputation, this work became the standard text used in training young violinists during the early part of the nineteenth century. It was reprinted and published many...

Saunders' New and Complete Instructor for the Violin offers an alternative to the European model of learning to play the violin, taking the best aspects of the European model and the latter Achievement model of instruction. Rather than the ""dry,...

Ole Bull (1810-1880) was a Norwegian violinist and composer. A seminal figure in 19th-century Norwegian musical life, he also experimented with modifications to the shape of the bow and to the height of the bridge, while developing a new manner of...

Taught by Giovanni Viotti, Pierre Baillót was an excellent chamber music player, bringing chamber music back into fashion in Paris. However, his renown was as a prolific composer, a virtuoso violinist and an influential pedagogue. He is best...

Violin--Bowing--Self-instruction--Early works to 1800.; Variations (Violin and double bass)--Early works to 1800.

Joseph Gehot was a well-known violinist in the 1780s. He published several treatises on playing the violin. This work is a 16-bar aria with 30 variations, each one designed to address a specific bowing problem.

Violin--Methods--Early works to 1800.; Violin--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800.

Known principally as the father of the famous Mozart, Leopold Mozart was a distinguished musician and tutor in his own right. Though he wrote little for his own instrument, he did write the Violonschule in 1756, a work revised several time in...

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